and faced devastation. it s time for congress to stand with us. amen to that. tonight in our survey i asked, are congressional republicans out of touch with the rest of the country? 99% of you say yes. 1% of you say no. coming up, she was fired for responding to racist remarks on her company s facebook page. tv meteorologist rhonda lee will join me next. stay with us. [ emily jo ] darrell comes into starbucks almost every weekend. darrell hasn t been able to visit his mom back east in a long time.
afraid to put them forward. but understand, that s their equation. they might in the end grudgingly go along with a very, very small tangs crease on the richest people in the country by the way, i was talking to a very good friend who s one of the wealthiest businessmen, most successful businessmen in boston, and i asked him if we were to raise the marginal income tax at the extent we re talking about would he notice it if his accountant didn t call him up and tell him. he said of course not. so their price for a small tax on the very wealthy is increasingly putting pain on the poor. congressman, you ve covered a lot of ground there. i want to go back to the first part of your answer. do you think democrats should be going after defense spending? i know that s what you think. but i have not heard that narrative played out much in the house and it sounds like you re advocating closing a lot of bases overseas in the countries that you mentioned. exactly. by the way, we still have m
substantial reductions in m s s medicare and i think when that choice comes okay. here s john boehner talking about his future as speaker. here it is. i m not concerned about my job as speaker. what i m doing about is dpog the right things for my kids and grandkids. if we don t fix this spending problem their future is going to be rather bleak. congressman, quickly, what s your take on that? he s got this right-wing constituency to which he is responding. and again, it s not spoly that they resist taxes on the very wealthy. these are people who want to undo what steps we ve taken we have increasing inequality in this country. and if you want healthy increased dose of it. he is simply reflecting this i have to say this. i have no reason to think that there is any conflict between what he wants to do personally and what his caucus is trying to get him to do. fortunately, as you ve just
john boehner is ultimately responsible. he is doing irreparable damage to the republican brand. i m not sure if they re going to be able to recover from this in the short term. but a deal on taxes would certainly be a step in the right direction. get your cell phones out. we want to know what you think. tonight s question. are congressional republicans out of touch with the rest of the country? text a for yes. text b for no to 622639. you can always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com and leave a comment there. we ll encourage you to do that. and we ll bring you the results later on in the show. i m joined tonight by congressman barney frank from massachusetts. congressman, great to have you with us tonight. thank you, ed. where should the emphasis be when it comes to cuts? boehner says he s got to have spending cuts. there s not enough spending cuts. where do you think the emphasis should be when it comes to spending cuts in an effort to get a deal? being that i ve done a lot of work
credentials and her capabilities and her skills, that she s already demonstrated up to this point, again, furthers the narrative about the gop and its really lack of sensitivity in communicating on these issues. you don t have to call her not very bright because she s reading intelligence reports that s given to her by people in an area that she has no pursue or responsibility for. and so i really think that that oversteps that line yet again, particularly with respect to an african-american female of high caliber. and the country looks at that and goes, what the hell is your problem? you know, disagree on the policy, but why personalize it? why put her in the context of someone who is a buffoon or an idiot, when in fact she really isn t? by the way, at her iq, if you want to look at it that way, it alone matches the entire republican delegation on the senate foreign relations committee. combined.